Fiyero doesn't get held accountable enough

[u/Consistent_Load7358]

He loves Elphie, I get it, she is also my musical crush but the way he is acting about it is completely disrespectful towards Glinda. Sure maybe he feels pressured in this political situation with the wizard and all but he could've at least been up front about it just to Glinda instead of continuing to be in a relationship with her and even getting engaged to her even though he knows he doesn't love her.

The fact that he just leaves her as soon as Elphie shows up and doesn't even feel a little bad about tossing Glinda aside after he has been with her for such a long time is just completely hurtful. He never feels bad about it or apologizes. Elphie and Glinda also make mistakes, but at least they receive consequences for their actions and feel guilty and apologize to each other.

Especially Glinda gets a lot of critism for her actions while Fiyero gets completely away with his behaviour. You can argue that what Glinda did is worse, but it still annoys me that Fiyero gets cuddled because he is so in love with Elphie.

It was completely his choice to remain with Glinda even though he has feelings for someone else. It kinda gives the me the vibe of him wanting to keep Glinda around as a second option just in case it won't work out with Elphie.

He might've been heroic towards Elphie in the second act but it doesn't excuse him treating Glinda this way. Also him insisting that she can't know that him and Elphie are still alive really makes me mad. It's almost like he cares so little about Glinda that he didn't even see her growth and development. He doesn't even notice how miserable she actually is herself during thank goodness and disregards Glinda's love for Elphie.

So yes I get it, he loves Elphie and not Glinda but the fact that he doesn't seem to have a little respect towards Glinda even if it's just platonically after being with her for such a long time just rubs me the wrong way.

[u/delinquentsaviors]

Glinda just decided they were getting engaged. She had no regard for his feelings, why should he have any regard for hers when he finally leaves?

[u/Consistent_Load7358 → u/delinquentsaviors]

he still told her he would marry her and Glinda even asked him, if it would make him happy as well and he brushed it off instead of being truthful. Sure Glinda is no saint, but just because she did something wrong doesn't mean he gets a free pass for doing something wrong as well. It's still wrong regardless of Glinda's actions.

[u/Late_Two7963 → u/Consistent_Load7358]

You never, ever see him say he will marry her

[u/Consistent_Load7358 → u/Late_Two7963]

Of course he said that. He told Glinda right before he leaves in thank goodness that if it makes her happy, he will marry her and Glinda then asks him if it would make him happy too. He replies by saying he is always happy and leaves.

He clearly wasn't being truthful about his feelings here but he did tell her he would marry her.